Captiva by Randy Wayne White. "A Doc Ford novel has more slick moves than a snake in the mangroves. In Captiva, Randy Wayne White takes us places that no other Florida mystery writer could hope to find.".
ReviewsPraise for Captiva "The thriller Captiva is a lot like fishing...you are...caught!...One of the more dramatic finales in mystery fiction. White tellsone whale of a story."-- Miami Herald "An enticing brew of hard-drinking, thick-skulled anglers, plodding detectives, and plotting marina bosses. White knows a thing or two about friendship, love, and honor. He also knows it's possible for neighbors who share the same small island to appreciate and understand each other so little."-- Entertainment Weekly "Edginess is what sets White's work apart from the pack....A prickly,enigmatic hero...Ambience, compelling characters and straight forward suspense."-- San Francisco Chronicle
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number4
Grade ToUP
Edition DescriptionReprint
Synopsis"A Doc Ford novel has more slick moves than a snake in the mangroves. In Captiva , Randy Wayne White takes us places that no other Florida mystery writer could hope to find."--Carl Hiaasen Randy Wayne White is acclaimed as "wildly inventive" ( The San Diego Union-Tribune ), "a wonderful writer" (Paul Theroux), "a fine storyteller" (Peter Matthiessen), and "the rightful heir to John D. MacDonald" ( The Tampa Tribune-Times ). Now he delivers a wicked thriller that sends government agent-turned-marine biologist Doc Ford into dangerous new waters, as a Florida fishing dispute escalates into a deadly war that reaches across the ocean...